Beautiful Country Burn Again

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"Twice before in its history, the United States has been faced with a crisis so severe it was forced to reinvent itself in order to survive: first, the struggle over slavery, culminating in the Civil War, and the second, the Great Depression, which led to President Roosevelt's New Deal and the establishment of America as a social-democratic state. In a sequence of essays that excavate the past while laying bare the political upheaval of 2016, Ben Fountain argues that the United States may be facing a third existential crisis, one that will require a 'burning' of the old order as America attempts to remake itself" --

subjects: Politics and government,  Presidents,  Election,  New York Times reviewed,  United states, politics and government, 2009-2017,  Presidents, united states, election, 2016,  Trump, donald, 1946-,  United states, social conditions, 21st century,  United states, politics and government, 2017-2021,  HISTORY / United States / 21st Century,  POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays,  POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections,  Large type books,  United states, politics and government, 2017-,  Presidents, united states, election

Places: United States

Times: 2016,  2009-2017